diff --git a/cmd/apiserver/apiserver.go b/cmd/apiserver/apiserver.go
index 7eadf131aa7..afcb00bf1be 100644
--- a/cmd/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/cmd/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	// flag init workaround required to quell glog noise
+	flag.CommandLine.Parse([]string{})
+
 	logs.InitLogs()
 	// make sure we print all the logs while shutting down.
 	defer logs.FlushLogs()
diff --git a/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go b/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
index 8e60e181b25..621951f0db0 100644
--- a/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
+++ b/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	goflag "flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	// flag init workaround required to quell glog noise
+	goflag.CommandLine.Parse([]string{})
+
 	s := options.NewControllerManagerServer()
 	s.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	version := pkg.VersionFlag(pflag.CommandLine)